Would i save money replacing gasoline with propane for my mower?

i want to convert my mower to run on 16.4 oz propane cans, would i save money on fuel or does propane cost more. and will my mower run as well if i convert it could it hurt my lawn mower?|||There are some engines that are not practical to convert, although it is entirely possible. I would say a push mower falls into this category. For a couple of reasons.





The engine is going to draw more fuel than that cylinder can adequately vapourize. The cylinder would "freeze up" fairly quickly. And this leads to the engine running lean. You can run a gasoline engine slightly lean and get away with it. But with propane, it is a very dry burning fuel and temperatures skyrocket when it gets lean. You would burn out the valves in pretty short order I think.





If you were a landscaper running a large riding machine 10 hours a day I could see investigating this a little further, but if you are just a consumer cutting a single yard once a week, I think you are asking for headaches that aren't really worth it...|||If your mower has a Briggs and Stratton engine, Impco makes a conversion kit for it. There are many small engines that have been converted to LPG, and they run just fine. Most of them are units that run for many hours such as light plants and pumps, so while propane is less expensive per btu than gasoline the cost of the conversion kit for a lawn mower very likely wouldn't be offset by the savings in fuel for quite a long time. Plus, those 16 ounce cans are by far the most expensive way you can purchase LPG. If you would like to pursue the idea try Alternate Fuels Technologies, Inc. at www.propanecarbs.com|||it would need a special valve seat combination.it wont have the power,and the regulator must be hooked to carb.it will start hard etc.oh and btw its an s.o.b. to tune in.ive got loads of experience with propane and couldnt get rid of these problems.that was the best it got.worked with 2 propane powered small engines.took the engine to a pro propane mechanic(i was a farm mechanic) first. he said there was no way it would even run.i got it running but barely.sometimes you could pull the rope over and over and nothing and sometimes 2nd or 3rd pull.another 1 i worked on was like 8 hp and took over 20 pulls to start when cold. warm it started first pull.